Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6812, David Edwards, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.C.
Edwards, David
S. 6812
carded
CONTENTS
1871

Set. All 28-35 Agent Inspect " - 21 - Rm Landing " Aug 7 " R. Washington " May 25-36 Wm Hill " " 26 " H. H. Hasled " Feb. 1. Hon C. Shepard 1838 March 1. 1838 Hon Shepard  Mar. 17. 1838 to sum. P. Pen. Agent do Hon. C. Shepard, Mar 22. 1838. Letter to Hon C. Shepard 16. April 1838 Duplicate Certificate issued Mar 30. April 1838. And sent to Hon C. Shepard House of Reps.
2922-
North Carolina
David Edwards of Wayne, in the State of N. Carolina who was a Private in the Company comman- by Captain Shuford - of the Regt. comman- by Col. Grafton in the N.C. Conti- line for 1 year from 1781-
Incribed on the Roll of N. Carolina at the rate of 40 - Dollars - Cents per ann to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of Dec r 32 and sent to Pensioner Waynesboro, N.C.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 60- Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar: 33 20.- $80.-
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Nathan Rice Cl Book D Vol. 8 Page 29.

State of North Carolina } Court of Pleas & Quarter County of Wayne } Sessions August Term 1832.
On this 22 nd day of August 1832 personally appeared an open court before the Justices of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions now sitting David Edwards, a resident of the County of Wayne and State of North Carolina aged 69 years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
That he entered into the service of the United States under the following named officers & terms as herein stated. That he was drafted for twelve months, service he believing in the fall of the year 1881 or 1782 - and was placed immediately after he was drafted under the command of Capt. Thos Shute at Hinton N.C. His place of rendezvous that he staid only a few days at Hinton when he was marched to Elizabethton in Blount County N.C. thence to Ashpole near the South Carolina line - thence to The Pede in S.C. - thence after various efforts to suppress disaffection in South Carolina after a few days he was marched to Deep River in North Carolina where a fort was constructed after staying a few weeks on Deep River - he was marched to Haw River in N.C. after remaining a few weeks longer on Deep River and its vicinity he was marched to Hillsboro in N.C. where after staying of a few weeks he was discharged the end of the year for which term of service was drafted. That the Declaration does not believe he was subject to any higher officer than Maj. Bennett Crafton - His Captain at first was Captain Shute - his Lieut was named Bilbary - Ensigns Dennis Glisson - orderly sergeant John M. G. etc. - After he joined the Regiment of the N.C. line at Elizabethton he was placed under immediate command of Capt. Morris Raper and continued under

command until discharged by him at Hillsboro as of our aid - His discharge was signed by Captain Ray after the full and complete service of twelve months - His memory is not sufficiently vivid at his extreme old age and has impaired by the numerous ills of life - to state with exactness the precise times of his different movements during the campaign - but he is most confidently that his term of service was fully expired and that he was honor discharged. The Deceasent was connected at no time with any of the Continental troops but was chiefly engaged in being domestic quiet in his own and the neighboring States of South Carolina. - There is only one person now living in the neighborhood who served with the Deceasent in the campaign - James McDaniel was his fellow soldier in the service and will testify to the facts herein asserted - The Deceasent has never received any pension nor made application for one before the present - He hereby relinquishes every claim what ever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed this day and year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty one David Edwards mark
Subscribed to the foregoing Colo. Michael St. Clement a truly certify that we are well ac- quainted with David Edwards who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be about 69 years of age and that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution - and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed this day and year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty one Michael St. Clement
Since the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories

prescribed by the War Department that the above affidavit was and after hearing the testimony on oath of James M c Daniel which entirely corroborate the statements of the applicants Declaration - that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier - and survived as he states. - And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that H n Husted who has signed the preceding certificate is an Atty: at Law residing in the County of Wayne; and that Col: E l Slocumb who has also signed the same is a resident in same county and a credible person - and their statement is entitled to credit
I, Philip Hooks, Clerk of the Court of Pleas & In- ter Superior do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the Application of Maria Edwards for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 22 nd day of August 1840
P. Hooks
Seal

David Edwards North Carolina No 6056.
from 1781 per year one year $40.

BRIEF in the case of David Edwards  of Wayne County in the State of North Carolina  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 69 Years.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Asflea In 1781 or 2 1 " " Private Gen. Major Bennett Cragton Capt Thomas Shute Captain Morris Baiford  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? —  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Kinston North Carolina  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? — 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.

ments to be made
Henville, N.C.
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paying Pension-
Agency of North
olina -
The Other parts are lost
by N. Rice
Book D Vol. 8.-

cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 10th 8 th day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
Leah

The other part of this Certificate is lost & destroyed —
2922 2922

State of North Carolina } Wayne County }
Philip Hooks maketh Oath that he verily believes that David Edwards who maketh the foregoing and annexed affidavit is the identical person named and described in the foregoing affidavit.
P. Hooks
Sworn to or subscribed before me April 20. 1838
James Griswold JP
I James Griswold an acting Justice of the Peace for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Philip Hooks who maketh the foregoing affidavit is well known to me and that he is a person of undoubted veracity. Given under my hand & Seal at Poughkeepsie in said County the 20th day of April 1838
James Griswold JP
State of North Carolina }
Wayne County }
I John H. Green clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the said County do hereby certify that James Griswold Esq. whose signature appears to the foregoing affidavits was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the peace in and for the said County and the

Signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony of all which I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said office at Maynardsboro this the 21 st day of April A.D. 1835
Thos A. Munhall

David Edwards no 32. N. 6. 2922
Mr Cole
March 29 1837
Exh Also pay March 29/57
May 12, 57

Raleigh 25 March 1855
Sir-
I am instructed by John A Green Esq the Executor of Maria Edwards, late a pensioner of the U. States from Nola, under the act of 7 th June 1832, and whose pension was suspended in 1835, To request, that you will examine his papers on file, and ascertain the cause of his suspension.
Mr Green has reason to believe, if the suspension, was from want of sufficient proof of service, that it may be supplied now.
I am very respectfully Your ob t . Servant Geo. Suttle
Alex. Ray Esquire Washington City

See paper of Miles Langley 1-3 for McDaniel 3-40 Suspend & Rejected.

66 any 23
Waynesboro No 6 23 Aug.
To the Honble
Lewis Cass
Secretary of War Washington
Recd 11.6.36

March 22 o
Rev. Mr. Rowland
Atkins Edwards
Shepard
Commissioner of Pensions
H.R.

H. J. Rehn
21. March 1836
My dear Sir,
I left at your office three or four letters relative to David Edwards's pension - As they relate in some degree to private matters, I should be glad to have them returned. They are not at all con- nected with the proof of his claim to a pen- sion.
Yours respectfully, W. Oldfield Charles Stewart

Reexam
6812
INVALID.
Con
File No. 6812
David Edwards
Sergt. Rev. War.
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1  ef , Page 109
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Apr. 13 In at 9 W. Evan
To Dr. L. Edwards Esq Com. of Pensions

Home of Reps.
13 th April 1838
To J. L. Edwards Esq,
Sir,
Mr David Edwards who was lately returned to the pension-list has lost his certificate - I enclose his affidavit on the subject - if it be sufficient will you send me another certificate - if it not - what other step is necessary -
Very respectfully
Charles Thipard

Apr 27
Mr Evans
In at
To
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm. of Pensions Washington
Rev. Ch. Shepard D.D.

H. J. Rees
26. th April 1838
To J. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir,
Enclosed I send you the affi- davit of David Edwards for a new certifi- cate for a pension - Will you kindly send the certificate to me - if this affidavit be found sufficient -
Very respectfully
Your obedt. Servt.
Charles Rees

FREE
Amos Charles Shepard
Member Congress
House Representatives
City Washington

D. Sir
Raleigh 26. Jan. 1838
The enclosed contains the other papers of David Edwards, in reference to his having been on the Pension list - at the time his Pension was suspended. One is a power of Attorney, to draw his money as he had done, made to John Cox, which also contains in it the form, and a Copy of the Original Certificate from the War Department to him. The other is a part of the Certificate partly lost as you will see. It is numbered 2922. he says after he was suspended some how it got torn to pieces & the other part is totally lost -.
perhaps they may be of some service in making out his claim and therefore I have enclosed them -
Yours. very respectfully -
Richard Smith
P.S. I have enclosed you by this days Mail in another letter, which gives you a detail'd Statement of the nature of his claim, and such directions as you will be enabled to bring at once, before the Department for a adjustment, and which contains enclosed the Certificate of H. Hill Ex Secy. of State of his 12 months actual service in the War of the revolution in the Continental line of the State of St. Carolina - which is conclusive that he is justly & fairly entitled - R.S.

APPLICATION FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE.
County of Wayne ss. North Carolina
On this twenty first day of April 183 8 , before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Wayne personally appeared David Edwards who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Morris Rufford in the regiment commanded by Colonel Long in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of North Carolina that he received a certificate of that fact under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War; which certificate, on or about the fifth day of November 183 6 at or near his residence in said County of Wayne or thereabouts and thereat he lost his certificate —
his David Edwards
Sworn and subscribed to, before me, the day and year aforesaid.
James G. [unclear] JR
NOTES.—The last four blanks are left for the applicant to set forth the time, place, and manner of the loss or destruction of the original certificate.
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.
If the pensioner has never received a formal certificate, but has drawn his pension on a mere notification, as was the case in a few instances many years ago, he should leave out the above words in italics, and insert, in lieu thereof, "but has never received a formal certificate, and now wishes to obtain one."
The pensioner's oath must be supported by the evidence of another person as to identity. The person must swear that he well knows him to be the same person described in the above affidavit. The magistrate must certify that the deponent is a person of veracity. This oath must also be authenticated by the certificate of the proper officer, under his seal of office, setting forth that the officer before whom the affidavit may be made is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, or Notary Public, as the case may be.
When a person acting as an Agent or Attorney for a Pensioner, loses the certificate, the affidavit of that person is also required, which must be authenticated as above.
In every case where the Clerk of the Court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should be sent with the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.—In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or small ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
No attention will be given to applications from persons who act as agents, unless they are known at the War Department or are vouched for as respectable persons by some one who is known to the Department.

State of North Carolina } Wayne County } This day came before me Calvin Coor one of the Justices of the peace for the county aforesaid Miles Langley and made oath in due form of law, that David Edwards of the county and State aforesaid did perform & serve a twelve months tour in the Revolutionary war in the continental lines of this State and entered the service in the month of April 1781 as well as he can now recollect at Hobbs court house in this state, as a drafted soldier, and that he faithfully served out his twelve months tour that himself & said David Edwards were together and that they were honourably discharged at Guilford court house State of N Carolina Waynesborough February 9 th 1838 Miles his M c Langley mark
Calvin Coor
I do hereby certify to the credibility of this witness Miles Langley and that he is a witness of credit and intitled to full credit as such this 9 th of Feb y 1838 Given under my hand
Calvin Coor

State of North Carolina
Wayne County } John A Green clerk of the court of Pleas & Quarters Sessions for the county aforesaid (it being also a court of record) do hereby certify that Calvin Coor before whom the foregoing affidavit was made is an acting justice of the peace in & for the county aforesaid and that full faith and credit should be given to his official signature as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Waynesborough the 10 th day of February A D 1838 -
Jno A Green clerk

State of North Carolina
Wayne County } John A Green clerk of the court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the county aforesaid (it being also a court of record) do hereby certify that Calvin Coor before whom the foregoing affidavit was made is an acting justice of the peace in & for the county aforesaid and that full faith and credit should be given to his official signature as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Waynesborough the 10 th day of February A D 1838 -
Jno A Green clerk

State of North Carolina } Wayne County } This day came before me Calvin Coor one of the Justices of the peace for the county aforesaid Miles Langley and made oath in due form of law, that David Edwards of the county and State aforesaid did perform & serve a twelve months tour in the Revolutionary war in the continental lines of this State and entered the service in the month of April 1781 as well as he can now recollect at Hobbs court house in this state, as a drafted soldier, and that he faithfully served out his twelve months tour that himself & said David Edwards were together and that they were honourably discharged at Guilford court house State of N o Carolina Waynesborough February 9 th 1838
Miles his Langley mark
Calvin Coor
I do hereby certify to the credibility of this witness Miles Langley and that he is a witness of credibility and entitled to full credit as such this 9 th of Feb y 1838 Given under my hand & seal
Calvin Coor

State of North Carolina County of Wayne
Ezekiel Slowcomb makes the oath the service of David Edwards an applicant for a pension of twelve months duration under Morris Raiford Capt. Bennett Crafter Mayor and Col. Long - was a service, as this affiant understood at the time & now believes - under the authority of the State of North Carolina - and not simply as a contingent service for chasing Tories and other disaffected and accedential efforts - This affiant was not with said Edwards person- ally but knows of the service - and always understood it to have been a service by State Troops and now believes it to have been such - This affiant believes that said David is justly entitled to a pension for 12 months - if a service for that time in State Troops can so entitle him.
Sworn to and subscribed before me a Justice of the peace for the County aforesaid - May 17. 1830
John Hobbs Justice of the Peace      Ezekiel Slowcomb

David Edwards makes out that the service of 12 months stated by him as having been performed in his declaration for a pension was in the State Troops - under authority of the State and also paid by the State of North Carolina.
This affiant has made an appli- cation for the Secretary of State of North Carolina for the evidence required - as to his being enrolled among the State Troops - His application was unsuccessful - and he was informed his name was not in his office. This affiant knows not why his name was not so enrolled - or if enrolled why it has not been preserved - but he does know that he was drafted compulsorily by authority of the State - and the service was not such as the Commission- er of Pensions in his last letter relating his papers, supposes it might have been, but was bona fide such as the Act of 1832 contemplated, as he honestly believes.
Sworn to and subscribed before me This 17 day of May 1830
John G. Collier Judge
David Edwards Mark

State of North Carolina } County of Wayne }
I John A. Green Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said County do hereby certify that John I Collier Esquire whose signa- ture as Justice of the Peace appears in the foregoing affidavit was at the signing and sealing of the same a Justice of the peace for said Coun- ty - and that the above is his genuine signature - and that the facts and credit are due his official acts.
Given under my hand and seal official this 17. day May 1830
John A. Green Clerk
I certify that Ezekiel Hoomb, the official on the other page, is one of the most respectable men of the county of Wayne, & entirely worthy of credit - 23. rd Feb. y 1838
Charles Shepard

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James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions City of Washington  Rev. Edwards, Sir:

State of North Carolina Secretary of State's Office 5 th March 1838.
Sir
In reply to your favor of the 28 th Ultimo, I have to say, that previous to giving a certificate to David Edwards a Sergeant in Capt. Bailey's Company of the 10 th Regiment, I carefully looked over all the regiments for his name, and found it once only. All the 9, 12, & 18 months men were, towards the close of the War put in the 10 th Regiment and under different officers from those who mustered them into service, but whether the David Edwards now claiming a pension is the same mustered in Capt. Bailey's Company of the 10 th Regiment I have no means of ascertaining, but I believe the person claiming is entitled, having seen him and heard his story.
I am very respectfully your Ob dt Serv t W. Hill

State of North Carolina
Secretary of State's Office
I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the State aforesaid do hereby certify that it appears from the Musterrolls of the continental line of this State in the revolutionary war that David Edwards a Sergt in Capt. Bailey's Company of the 10 th Regiment entered the service on the 25 th day of April 1781 for 12 months and left the service on the 25 th day of April 1782.
Given under my hand this 25 th day of January 1838.
W. Hill

Copy
State of North Carolina
Secretary of State's Office
I William H. Hill Secretary of State in and for the State aforesaid do hereby certify that it appears from the Muster Rolls of the continental line of this State in the Revolutionary War, that David Edwards a Serg t in Capt. Bailey's Company of the 10 th Regiment entered the Service on the 25 th day of April 1781 for 12 Months and left the Service on the 25 th day of April 1782.
Given under my hand this 25 th day of January 1838
W m H. Hill
The above is a true Copy of the Original, which is sent on to the Gen l Pension Office to J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions

State of North Carolina
Secretary of States Office
I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the State aforesaid, do certify, that it appears from the musterrolls of the Continental line of this State in the revolutionary war, that David Edwards a serg. t in Capt. Bailey's Com- pany of the 10 th Regiment entered the ser- vice on the 25 th day of April 1781 for the term of 12 Months and left the service on the 25 th day of April 1782.
Given under my hand this 28 th day of May 1836.
W. Hill

Waynesboro Me 3 27 July
Free
Hon: Lewis Cass Secretary of War Washington City

Read 4 augt.
Sir
Waynesboro. N.C. 26 July 1835.
David Edward of this County, a soldier of the Revolution, who has, until the last spring been receiving a pension of Forty dollars annually paid at Fayetteville - By an order from the War Department, sent in April last his pay was suspended - at his request I write to request that you would let him know for what cause his pay was stopped, if for further proof please say, there is no doubt of his having served in the war of the Revolution - Your early attention to this will very much oblige a humble needy old man - Very respectfully Yr. ob. S t . Richard Washington

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Davia Edwards which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
no
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
no
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
yes
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
1 & 2 not answered
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
¶QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
¶QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
Wayne
County } ss.
Be it known, That before me, A. Borden a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared David Edwards and made oath in due form of law, that he is the identical person named in the original certificate in his possession, of which (I certify) the following is a true copy:—
WAR DEPARTMENT—REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify, That in conformity with the Law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, David Edwards of the State of North Carolina, who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, is entitled to receive Forty Dollars and Cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March and 4th September in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 8 th day of Sept 1832 Examined & countersigned J. L. Edwards Rev Col Secretary of War
that he is entitled to a Pension of Forty dollars, and cents, per annum, on account of wounds and disabilities received, or of services rendered to the United States during the Revolutionary War; that he served in Captain Morris Ralfe's Company of Infantry , in the _____ regiment; that he now resides in Wayne County and has resided there for the space of fifty years past; and that previous thereto he resided in
Sworn and subscribed, this 8 th day of apl 1835 before me, A. Borden J.P. his David Edwards mark
Know all men by these presents, That I, David Edwards of Wayne County N.C. Pensioner of the United States, do hereby constitute and appoint Geo Cook my true and lawful Attorney, for me, and in my name, to receive from the Agent of the United States for paying pensions in Fayetteville State of North Carolina, my pension from the 4 th day of Sept 1834 to the 4 th day of Mar 1835 Witness my hand and seal, this 8 th day of apl 1835
Sealed and delivered in presence of A. Borden his David Edwards mark Seal.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, Wayne County } ss.
Be it known, That on the 8 th day of apl 1835 before the Subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared David Edwards above named, and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his act and deed. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, the day and year last above mentioned.
A. Borden J.P.

I Geo A Green Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Wayne County, certify that Arnold Porden is a Magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have here-
unto affixed my seal of office, and subscribed my name, this 9 th day of
Apl
in the year 1835
Geo: A Green
CLERK OF THE COURT OF
Wayne County.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
in and for said county.
Be it known, That on the
5 th
day of
May
1835
before the Subscriber,
a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared John Cox the Attorney named in the foregoing power of attorney, and made oath that the same was not given him by reason of any sale, transfer, or mortgage, of the pension, or arrears of pension therein authorised to be received by him.
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year last above mentioned, before me,
Alvin in 5 th
Molton
P